How does The Build Chain assist Quantity Surveyors?
Description:
A Quantity Surveyor's role is to keep a close eye on project finances and contractual relationships. Quantity Surveyor's are responsible for preparing cost forecasts and managing the project spend in line with projected budgetary requirements.
Problems Faced:
Managing the day-to-day running's and the execution of project work
Preparing and analysing project costings for tenders, such as materials, quantities, labour and time.
Liaising with team members including site managers, project managers and directors
Building and maintaining strong supply chain relationships
Operating in line with industry regulations and supporting environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) performance
How we Solve those Problems/Our Solution:
Our dashboard supports a Quantity Surveyor's day-to-day tasks by simplifying the overly complex procurement process saving hours of admin time - creating new enquiries is easy and straightforward as well as our tagging system makes filtering through projects headache free. With the press of one button finalised enquiries can be archived to avoid receiving more quotes and it is also just as easy to restore quotes if need be.
Project cost estimates can be easily completed with the platforms all in-one-place dashboard where all enquiries are collated to a central location and all quotes can be compared in one place. With all enquiries archived Quantity Surveyor's can ensure past project costings are reported accurately and then analyse these to forecast future costings.
All procurement information, including both internal and external, is stored and easily accessible - this saves time when liaising between different departments and reduces the number of touch points in the procurement process. Quantity Surveyor's can easily delegate tasks to members of their team as well as other departments to best utilise expertise.
As well as providing access to a wide supply chain we also highlight your preferred suppliers, allowing Quantity Surveyor's to build new relationships as well as maintaining current payment agreements. All payment between a contractor and supplier are kept separate from the dashboard and are solely between those two parties, in this way we don't disrupt or interfere.
Our platform makes it simple and easy to adopt sustainable procurement strategies such as decentralising supply and sourcing from local suppliers. This supports local economies, reduces transport distances and lowers a contractor's emissions. Our procurement archives allow contractors to easily evidence an active approach to environmental sustainability and boost their company reputation.
